2006 Volkswagen Touareg News and Reviews

Every two years, the Paris Motor show becomes the automotive equivalent of storming the Bastille, as more than 10,000 semi-delirious and often seriously jet-lagged journalists from around the world bum rush the eight vehicle-choked halls at the Expo Porte de Versailles in advance of the public show, which runs from September 30 to October 15.Photographing, interviewing, videotaping, and otherwise poking,…

The signing of Miller/Pitchford means that the third pairing of the Volkswagen factory team - alongside two-time World Rally Champion Carlos Sainz (Spain) and Michel Prin (France) as well as the South African Giniel de Villiers, the runner-up in this year's "Dakar" in the Race Touareg, and the German Dirk von Zitzewitz - has been confirmed. While 43-year-old Mark Miller,…

VW's Concept A is a realistic look at the company's long-rumored 2009 Golf-based sport/utility vehicle. The production version is likely to be named either Marrakech or Bedouin and will probably feature many of the design cues of the Concept A. Note that the A does have real sideview mirrors (not cameras) and a front fascia reflecting its Passat-based design direction.…

Stanley, the robotic Volkswagen Touareg that brought home the $2 million prize at the DARPA Grand Challenge in October, will be featured in the Robotics Collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History through the summer. Stanley defeated 22 other unmanned vehicles in a rigorous, 132-mile championship race over rough desert roads, mountain trails, dry lake beds and tunnels,…

Glamour is the focus of the 76th International Motor Show at Geneva. The press site uses this word to define the event, and describes a scenario that likens each automotive premiere to the attitude of supermodels as they strut the catwalk and display the latest fashionable attire."Each spring the new edition of the Geneva Motor Show puts the latest models…